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• Marie Annes Hofstra, Hoornsterzwaag, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland († 2008)
• Cornelis Willem Verhoef († 2021)
• Martin Serge CADET, L'Étang-Salé,97427,Réunion,Réunion,FRANCE († 1987)
• Gonny van Lier, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2018)
• Elaine Triezenberg, Kalamazoo Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Grietje (Gre) Burger, Breezand (Gem Anna Paulowna)
• Constant (Stany) Mast, Hove († 2013)
• Bertha Irene Victorine Louise Gulikers, Blerick, Venlo († 2009)
• Lena Johanna Coes, Vriezenveen († 2002)
• Fokko MEIJER († 1975)

• Christianne Lilianne VAN BELLEGHEM (0), Lissewege,8380,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Catharina Elisabeth Stevens (85), Born (Sittard-Geleen), Limburg, Nederland
• Aagje Dijksma (28), Wagemingen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Maria Zalm van der (1), Loosduinen, ZH, Nederland
• cornelia helena maria middelhoff (76), purmerend
• Adrianus Karremans (21), Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Count Johann of Revertera von Salandra (20), Nowgorod Sewersk
• Catharina BENES (89), Holland Lancaster County Nebraska U.S.A
• Christina Kosman (85), Groesbeek, Nederland
• Antonius Hendricus Hesse (60), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1939 » Jerry Allison, American drummer and songwriter
• 1940 » Jack Thompson, Australian actor
• 1940 » Larry Hankin, American actor, director, and producer
• 1940 » Robbie Basho, American guitarist, pianist, and composer († 1986)
• 1940 » Roger Newman, English-American actor and screenwriter († 2010)
• 1940 » Wilton Felder, American saxophonist and bass player († 2015)
• 1941 » Emmanuel Nunes, Portuguese-French composer and educator († 2012)
• 1941 » William DeWitt, Jr., American businessman
• 1942 » Isao Aoki, Japanese golfer
• 1943 » Leonid Ivashov, Russian general

• 1924 » Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881)
• 1927 » Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (b. 1892)
• 1941 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874)
• 1948 » Andrei Zhdanov, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1896)
• 1951 » Paul Demel, Czech actor (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Elsa Barker, American author and poet (b. 1869)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Adrianus
10. Wilhelmus
11. Petrus
12. Robert
13. Gerardus
14. Jacobus
15. Antonius
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Petronella
10. Catharina
11. Helena
12. Margaretha
13. Grietje
14. Aaltje
15. Geertruida
16. Jacoba

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
• April 14 » World War II: German general Erwin Rommel attacks Tobruk.
• May 6 » At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
• May 10 » World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.
• June 1 » World War II: The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
• July 20 » Soviet leader Joseph Stalin consolidates the Commissariats of Home Affairs and National Security to form the NKVD and names Lavrentiy Beria its chief.
• December 6 » World War II: The United Kingdom and Canada declare war on Finland in support of the Soviet Union during the Continuation War. Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied Secret Agents for the War.

The temperature on August 31, 1941 was between 8.3 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.